AIR-based Mortgage Calculator Desktop Widget (with ILOG Gauges)

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: July 28, 2009

Here is a simple example of using a chromeless, transparent window in AIR to build a widget-type application. I know: yet another mortgage application… but to make things more interesting, I used the cool ILOG Elixir gauges to display and enter the principal, monthly payment, rate, and term. No rocket science here, but a nice reminder of what you can do in less than a hundred lines of code.

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Instructions:

  • Move the needle with your mouse to specify the principal, monthly payment, rate, and term.
    If you change the principal, the monthly payment is automatically recalculated.
    If you change the monthly payment, the principal is automatically recalculated to show what that monthly payment can buy you.
  • You can move the widget by dragging the upper area of the top gauges border.
  • You can minimize the widget by double-clicking the upper area of the top gauges border.
  • You can close the widget by right-clicking the application in the task bar or in the dock.

View Source is enabled (right click the application to view and download the source code. You will need to add the ILOG Elixir SWCs to your build path to compile).

Here is also a live browser version… (the AIR version is a lot cooler).

View Source is enabled (right click the application to view and download the source code. You will need to add the ILOG Elixir SWCs to your build path to compile).

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10 Comments

  1. Edgar Rivera
    Posted July 28, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Excellent use for Gauge components !!!

  2. Josh Tynjala
    Posted July 28, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for providing the browser version. Installing an AIR app is always too much of a hassle for a quick blog demo.

  3. Nick
    Posted July 28, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    Pretty cool stuff.

  4. AlexFlasher
    Posted August 1, 2009 at 4:34 am | Permalink

    Hi all! Can somebody answer my question here. Please!!!

  5. hypotheek check
    Posted August 6, 2009 at 12:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the info about ” AIR-based Mortgage Calculator Desktop Widget (with ILOG Gauges)” and it is all about a widget for money calculation procedure.

    We all know a days we need to track our money management due to recession.

    Thanks for the post! Good luck!

    Marc Jansen

  6. Sean
    Posted August 21, 2009 at 1:00 am | Permalink

    Thanks for sharing. Cool app

  7. Program Yükle
    Posted November 10, 2009 at 10:22 am | Permalink

    Thank you admin goood

  8. Billigflug
    Posted December 2, 2009 at 3:58 am | Permalink

    thank you, looks great.

  9. Alison Shuman
    Posted December 10, 2009 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    FABULOUS!

    I would love to use this on my website, which uses a wordpress theme. I would like it in a page, as opposed to in the sidebar (as a little widget).

    Anyone want to tell me how?

    I do my own site-admin.

    Alison

  10. çatı yapımı
    Posted January 10, 2010 at 9:18 am | Permalink

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